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Throne of Thunder

Council of Elders Guide

Council of Elders in Throne of Thunder, quoted from the Adventure Guide. Database holds the raw abilities and the full loot table.

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30-second TL;DR

Adventure Guide says

  • Stages named in the Adventure Guide: The Spirit of Gara'jal.

Encounter phases

Adventure Guide says

  1. The Spirit of Gara'jal The spirit of Gara'jal the Spiritbinder possesses a councillor, empowering their abilities and causing them to generate Dark Energy. The spirit remains in a councillor until they suffer damage equal to 25% of their maximum health. Once the spirit is forced out, it rushes to inhabit a new councillor, resets Dark Energy to 0, and leaves behind the Lingering Presence effect.

Boss abilities

AbilityAdventure GuideNotes
Lingering PresenceWhen the Spirit of Gara'jal leaves a councillor, it leaves behind the Lingering Presence effect. This effect stacks.
Dark PowerAny councillor that reaches 100 Dark Energy will begin to cast Dark Power every second.
Soul FragmentEvery other time the Spirit of Gara'jal is forced out of a councillor, he leaves behind a Soul Fragment. until the Soul Fragment is passed to another player. In addition, each time the Soul Fragment deals damage, it applies Shadowed Soul to that player. In 25-Player Heroic Difficulty, a Soul Fragment is created every time that the Spirit of Gara'jal is forced out of a councillor.
Shadowed SoulThis effect stacks.
Frigid AssaultIn addition, each melee attack applies the Frigid Assault effect.
Biting Cold
FrostbiteFrost King Malakk uses this ability while possessed by the spirit of Gara'jal. The number of stacks of Frostbite cannot be reduced below one.
Body HeatWhen a player is hit by an ally's Frostbite, they begin to lose Body Heat over 8 sec. Once Body Heat expires, the player is Chilled to the Bone and no longer able to contribute to reducing the number of stacks of Frostbite an ally has for 8 sec.
Reckless Charge
OverloadKazra'jin uses this ability after performing a Reckless Charge while possessed by the spirit of Gara'jal.
DischargeKazra'jin uses this ability after performing a Reckless Charge while possessed by the spirit of Gara'jal.
Sand Bolt
QuicksandSul the Sandcrawler summons a pool of Quicksand at a random player's location, afflicting them with Entrapped.
EnsnaredQuicksand pools cause players to gain a stack of Ensnared every second they are inside of it.
Entrapped
SandstormSul the Sandcrawler uses this ability while possessed by the spirit of Gara'jal.
Treacherous GroundQuicksand pools that overlap with one another will combine into a single pool of proportionately larger size.
Wrath of the LoaHigh Priestess Mar'li uses this ability while possessed by the spirit of Gara'jal.
Blessed Loa SpiritHigh Priestess Mar'li summons a Blessed Loa Spirit at her location. If the spirit is still alive after 20 sec.
Shadowed Loa SpiritHigh Priestess Mar'li uses this ability while possessed by the spirit of Gara'jal. High Priestess Mar'li summons a Shadowed Loa Spirit at her location. If the spirit is still alive after 20 sec it will instantly jump to its target and kill them.
Twisted FateHigh Priestess Mar'li uses this ability while possessed by the spirit of Gara'jal. High Priestess Mar'li rips the souls from two random players and links them together. The damage of Twisted Fate is reduced the farther each soul is from the other.

Loot

Every name is a TheWoWDB item page. Hover the row for the first-party tooltip.

Amun-Thoth, Sul's Spiritrending Talons10P25PAmun-Thoth, Sul's Spiritrending TalonsLFRAmun-Thoth, Sul's Spiritrending Talons10P H25P HBad Juju10P25PBad JujuLFRBad Juju10P H25P HFortitude of the Zandalari10P25PFortitude of the ZandalariLFRFortitude of the Zandalari10P H25P HGauntlets of the Crackling Conqueror10P25PGauntlets of the Crackling ConquerorLFRGauntlets of the Crackling Conqueror10P H25P HGauntlets of the Crackling Protector10P25PGauntlets of the Crackling ProtectorLFRGauntlets of the Crackling Protector10P H25P HGauntlets of the Crackling Vanquisher10P25PGauntlets of the Crackling VanquisherLFRGauntlets of the Crackling Vanquisher10P H25P HGaze of Gara'jal10P25PGaze of Gara'jalLFRGaze of Gara'jal10P H25P HKura-Kura, Kazra'jin's Skullcleaver10P25PKura-Kura, Kazra'jin's SkullcleaverLFRKura-Kura, Kazra'jin's Skullcleaver10P H25P HLoa-Ridden Bracers10P25PLoa-Ridden BracersLFRLoa-Ridden Bracers10P H25P HMar'li's Bloodstained Sandals10P25PMar'li's Bloodstained SandalsLFRMar'li's Bloodstained Sandals10P H25P HOverloaded Bladebreaker Cuirass10P25POverloaded Bladebreaker CuirassLFROverloaded Bladebreaker Cuirass10P H25P HRobes of Treacherous Ground10P25PRobes of Treacherous GroundLFRRobes of Treacherous Ground10P H25P HTalisman of Angry Spirits10P25PTalisman of Angry SpiritsLFRTalisman of Angry Spirits10P H25P HWushoolay's Final Choice10P25PWushoolay's Final ChoiceLFRWushoolay's Final Choice10P H25P HZandalari Robes of the Final Rite10P25PZandalari Robes of the Final RiteLFRZandalari Robes of the Final Rite10P H25P HZerat, Malakk's Soulburning Greatsword10P25PZerat, Malakk's Soulburning GreatswordLFRZerat, Malakk's Soulburning Greatsword10P H25P H

Mounts, toys, achievements, transmog

Only rows the journal loot table or an achievement title can prove for this encounter.

Mounts

Clutch of Ji-Kun · Spawn of Horridon

Achievements

Heroic: Council of Elders · Heroic: Dark Animus · Heroic: Durumu the Forgotten · Heroic: Horridon · Heroic: Iron Qon · Heroic: Ji-Kun · Heroic: Jin'rokh the Breaker · Heroic: Megaera · Heroic: Primordius · Heroic: Throne of Thunder · Heroic: Tortos · Heroic: Twin Empyreans · Throne of Thunder

Entrance and instance

Throne of Thunder is a raid in the Adventure Guide. See the Throne of Thunder database page for the raw journal, map, and loot grid. This guide does not invent coordinates or a walking path.

Iron Qon
Durumu the Forgotten
Horridon
Primordius
Megaera
Dark Animus
Tortos
Jin'rokh the Breaker
Ji-Kun
Twin Empyreans
Ra-den
Lei Shen

Player strategy

This page quotes the Adventure Guide. It does not add player strategy such as positioning, assignments, stack or spread calls, or cooldown timings unless that sentence is already in the journal.

Questions

What does the Adventure Guide say about Council of Elders?

Stages named in the Adventure Guide: The Spirit of Gara'jal.

What does Council of Elders drop?

The Adventure Guide lists 48 drops. Each name links to its TheWoWDB item page. The full table also lives on the Throne of Thunder database page.

Does Council of Elders change on Heroic or Mythic?

The current Adventure Guide text for this encounter does not include separate Heroic or Mythic sentences we can quote. If a later client build adds them, they appear here automatically.

Does Council of Elders drop a mount?

The journal loot table includes Clutch of Ji-Kun, Spawn of Horridon. Each links to its TheWoWDB mount page.

Where does this guide's text come from?

Quoted Adventure Guide sections come from TheWoWDB's retail datamine (client build 12.1.0.69587, ingested 2026-09-01). Player strategy such as positioning, assignments, and cooldown timings is omitted unless that sentence is already in the journal.

Source and build

This page quotes the Adventure Guide. It does not add player strategy such as positioning, assignments, stack or spread calls, or cooldown timings unless that sentence is already in the journal. Quoted sections come from TheWoWDB Adventure Guide datamine (client build 12.1.0.69587, ingested 2026-09-01). Ability names link to first-party spell pages. When a newer retail build is ingested, this page updates with it.